Not sure if Webb was a Blue Dog Democrat or not. But Blue Dogs were halved in 2010, roughly halved again in 2012, and there are 15 now in Congress. Even when Obama leaves, today’s Democrat Party is more welcoming to Independent Socialist Sanders than to Blue Dog Dems. Of course, GOPe can find a path to defeat and keep some Blue Dogs in Congress.

Taranto posted another fine example of media lockstep. This proves what we already knew: The lamestream media has a crush on Hillary.

Assault, Bash, Beat, Break, Bruise, Buffet, Clobber . . .

The New York Times might want to invest in a thesaurus for Charles Blow. Here’s the lead paragraph of his column today about the Democratic debate:

Hillary Clinton crushed it! There is no other way for me to put it.

Many other observers had the same problem:

Politico headline: “Clinton Crushes It.”

Slate’s Fred Kaplan: “Vice President Joe Biden has no rationale to step into the race. If he’s been waiting until after this first prime-time test to see if Hillary Clinton collapsed, he must have seen for himself that she crushed it.”

Carole Radziwill of “The Real Housewives of New York,” on Twitter: “@HillaryClinton crushed it 2nite. Fell in love w/ @BernieSanders a bit too. It’s going to be a long year. #DemDebate”

Salon headline: “8 Times Hillary Clinton Crushed It During the First Democratic Showdown”

Tom Toles, Washington Post website: “TV debates are a very imperfect vehicle for assessing anything, but they are what they are. They are tests of poise, talking-point memorization, and a measure of aptitude for fancy footwork dealing with tricky questions. This is not a description of what the actual job calls for, but that’s the game, and Hillary crushed it, removing probably the last barrier to her becoming president.”

All these quotes are from either Tuesday night or yesterday. It looks as though Blow was the last to receive the memo.